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No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000
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Edited by William Minter, Gail Hovey, and Charles Cobb Jr. Published by Africa World Press. |
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, "We were part of a worldwide movement that continues today to redress the economic and social injustices that kill body, mind, and spirit. No Easy Victories makes clear that our lives and fortunes around the globe are indeed linked." - Nelson Mandela Hundreds of thousands of Americans mobilized to oppose apartheid in the 1980s. That successful movement built on decades of behind-the-scenes links between African liberation movements and American activists, both black and white.
No Easy Victories draws on the voices of activists of several generations to explore this largely untold history. Today Africa and the world face global injustices as deadly as apartheid. Understanding this history of solidarity is essential for finding new paths to a future of equal human rights for all.
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"No Easy Victories tells the compelling stories behind the
U.S. anti-apartheid movement in the voices of those who were there.
It reminds us that movements emerge over time, built on hard work by
movement foot soldiers and on personal networks that bridge generations
and continents." - Danny Glover, actor, activist, chair of TransAfrica Forum
"Africa today is experiencing a second wind of change, with Africans demanding good governance, respect for human rights, and empowerment of women. Those who are in the forefront are standing on the shoulders of those whose voices and stories we hear in No Easy Victories." - Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author of New News out of Africa: Uncovering the African Renaissance |
"With its mixture of history, personal stories and photographs, this richly
detailed book has the feel of a family album. The family, though, is a large
one: multiracial, multicontinental. Some of its members are well known, some
unsung. All of them share a passion for justice." - Adam Hochschild, author,
King Leopold’s Ghost
"No Easy Victories is equal parts inspiration, education and celebration of how social change happens. It is a remarkable chronicle of how activists on opposite sides of the Atlantic united around their shared commitments to freedom and self-determination." Amy Goodman, host, Democracy Now! |
Publication Details
Africa World Press. Trenton, New Jersey.
EditorsWilliam Minter taught at the secondary school of the Mozambique Liberation Front in 1966-68 and 1974-76. An independent scholar and activist, he is the author of Apartheid’s Contras and other books.Gail Hovey was among the founders of Southern Africa magazine in 1964 and worked in South Africa in 1966-67. She served as research director for the American Committee on Africa/The Africa Fund, as managing editor of Christianity and Crisis, and as executive director of Grassroots International. Charles Cobb Jr., senior correspondent for allAfrica.com, was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi in 1962-67. His books include Radical Equations (with Robert Moses) and On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour to the Civil Rights Trail.
PublisherSee a full listing of Africa World Press books.Africa World Press, Inc. & The Red Sea Press, Inc. have been in business since 1983. Their mission is to provide high quality literature on the history, culture, politics of Africa and the African Diaspora.
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Contents and Excerpts (click to read excerpts)Foreword | Nelson MandelaPreface and Acknowledgments Voices Keith Lewis Erin Polley Dara Cooper An Unfinished Journey | William Minter, editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin. A Half Century of Connections | The 1950s | The 1960s | The 1970s | The 1980s | The 1990s The 1950s: Africa Solidarity Rising | Lisa Brock, history professor at Columbia College Chicago and author of Between Race and Empire. Race, Ideology, and the Fall of the Council on African Affairs George Houser and the American Committee on Africa Two Voices: Charlene Mitchell and Bill Sutherland Alphaeus Hunton: Why Worry about Africa? E. S. Reddy: Behind the Scenes at the United Nations Robert S. Browne: A Voice of Integrity Peter and Cora Weiss: "The Atmosphere of African Liberation" The 1960s: Making Connections | Mimi Edmunds, teacher and film producer whose work includes 10 years with 60 Minutes. From California to Kenya Mary Jane Patterson: Missionary on Two Continents From Kenya to New York Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane: Educator in Exile Prexy Nesbitt: Activist Networker Extraordinaire Mia Adjali: United Methodist Women and African Liberation Harry Belafonte: A Committed Life Charles Cobb Jr. : From Atlanta to East Africa Walter Bgoya: From Tanzania to Kansas and Back Again Miriam Makeba: "Mama Africa" Media for the Movement: Southern Africa Magazine The 1970s: Expanding Networks | Joseph F. Jordan, director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The Influence of the Liberation Movements A Watershed Moment: The Defeat of Portuguese Colonial Rule Strategy and Tactics The Link between Organizing and Community Consciousness Emerging Activism in the Black Community African Liberation Day and the ALSC Remembering Nyerere Charles Diggs and Goler Butcher: Taking the Lead on Africa in the U.S. Congress Durham, Durban, and AllAfrica: Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman "The Angolan Question": Walter Rodney Speaks at Howard University, 1976 Robert Van Lierop: A Luta Continua From Kenya to North America: One Woman's Journey From Campus to Statehouse: East Lansing Connections The 1980s: The Anti-Apartheid Convergence | David Goodman, author of Fault Lines: Journeys into the New South Africa and co-author of the bestseller Static. Global Outrage, Local Actions: The Massachusetts Story The Movement at Home: U.S. Anti-Apartheid Activism American Activist in the Frontline States At Decade's End Sylvia Hill: From the Sixth Pan-African Congress to the Free South Africa Movement Jennifer Davis: Clarity, Determination, and Coalition Building Jean Sindab: Connecting People, Connecting Issues Public Investment and South Africa "South Africa Is Next to Namibia": The Lutheran Connection Race and Anti-Apartheid Work in Chicago From Local to National: Bay Area Connections The 1990s: Seeking New Directions | Walter Turner, San Francisco Bay Area activist, teacher, and producer/host of "Africa Today"/KPFA. Bay Area Activism in the 1970s and 1980s New Ways of Connecting Africa in the New Global Context Starting Over with Public Education Campaigning for Democracy in Nigeria New Contexts for Solidarity "Faces Filled with Joy": The 1994 South African Election Philippe Wamba: New Pan-African Generation How I Learned African History from Reggae In Motion: The New African Immigration Voices Nunu Kidane Neil Watkins Anyango Reggy Afterword |
